Overview

A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.

Cast

Burt Reynolds

Paul Crewe

Eddie Albert

Warden Hazen

Ed Lauter

Captain Knauer

Michael Conrad

Nate Scarboro

James Hampton

Caretaker

Harry Caesar

Granville

John Steadman

Pop

Charles Tyner

Unger

Mike Henry

Rassmeusen

Richard Kiel

Samson

Pervis Atkins

Mawabe

Bernadette Peters

Miss Toot